Education
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Top Databases
- EBSCO
- this covers lots of subjects but is often a good starting point for your search
- ERIC
- the world’s leading source of articles on Education
- British Education Index
- the leading UK source for conference papers and other high quality documents on educational policy and practice
- Emerald
- the leading source of articles on training and management
- Click on Journal of the Week for free weekly access to two of Emerald's journals.
- IBSS
- a key social science database which is useful for many areas in Education
Top Journals
- Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education
- British Educational Research Journal
- British Journal of Educational Psychology
- British Journal of Educational Studies
- Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood
- Educational Management Administration and Leadership
- Higher Education Quarterly
- Journal of Early Childhood Research
- Journal of Youth Studies
- Oxford Review of Education
- British Educational Research Journal
Dictionaries & Encylopaedias
- Credo Reference
- Much better than Wikipedia and it even tells you how to set out a reference to what you find. Credo is particularly helpful for Early Childhood and Childhood and Youth Studies.
Websites & Sources of Data
- Every Child Matters
- HEFCE
- Intute: Education
- HEFCE
- Listing of high quality websites gathered together by subject specialists
- Learning and Skills Council
- National Curriculum on-line
- National Foundation for Educational Research
- Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education
- TeacherNet
- UCAS
- National Curriculum on-line
Statistics
Theses / Dissertations
Newspapers
- Nexis UK
- Regional and national UK and international newspapers from the 1980s onwards
- The Times Digital Archive 1785-1985
- every story printed, together with photos
- The Times Higher Education
Government Sources
Meet the Subject Team
Anne Worden
Faculty Librarian
anne.worden@port.ac.uk
(023) 9284 3243
Sharon Bittner
Assistant Faculty Librarian
sharon.bittner@port.ac.uk
(023) 9284 3243
Welcome to the subject page for Education
We've got together the resources that we think you'll find most useful for your subject.
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Where is my Subject in the Library?
- Most books for subjects taught in Education are kept on the First Floor in the University Library. Useful classmarks to look out for include:
- Assessment 371.26
- Child psychology & development 155.4…
- Childhood studies 305.23
- Curriculum 375…
- E-learning 371.39445
- Early years 372.21…
- Education policy 379.15…
- Educational management 371.2
- Higher Education 378
- Management (general) 658
- Primary education 372
- Research methods in education 370.78
- Secondary education 373
- Special needs 371.9
- Teaching 371…
- Theories of learning 370.152, 153.15
- Child psychology & development 155.4…
Beware! Books about the study and teaching of a specific subject are shelved with that subject e.g. language teaching is 418.1… with the language books on the Second Floor
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